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Details JANUARY 2021 | No. 1 Your source for new Canadian stamps
DEAR COLLECTORS COMING SOON!
Happy New Year!
There has rarely been a time in recent history when those
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the page on a tough year – and according to promising
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your collection.
This first issue of the new year is a special one,
c elebrating the wrap-up of our most recent Lunar
• Snow Mammals
New Year series with a 24-stamp retrospective based
on all of the original designs from the past 12 years. February 16
Sharing the spotlight is a Black History Month issue
p aying homage to Black set tler s who overcame • Crabapple Blossoms
substantial hardships to forge a future for their families March 1
in t wo c ommunities 10 0 years and thousands of
kilometres apart. • Commemorative envelope:
May the year ahead bring you health and happiness.
Concordia University of
Edmonton, 100th anniversary
March 7
Jim Phillips, Director, Stamp Services • “Award-winning” stamp
April 8
• Discovery of Insulin
TIDBITS
April 15
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• Tagging is on four sides, unless otherwise indicated.
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that refers to an Official First Day Cover (OFDC).
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CONTENTS
JANUARY 2021 | No. 1
4 Lunar New Year Cycle
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The festive series celebrating the Lunar
New Year culminates with a 24-stamp
collection of all the original designs issued
in the last 12 years.
6 Black History:
illow Grove, NB,
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and Amber Valley, AB
These stamps honour the courageous Black
settlers who, to escape racial discrimination,
forged a new life in two communities in the
rugged Canadian wilderness.
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LUNAR NEW YEAR CYCLE
Issue date: January 15, 2021
Pane Booklet of 12 stamps
404158107 414158111
$11.04 $11.04
Based on the designs
issued at the international
rate, these stamps are now
available as Permanent™
domestic rate stamps.
The culmination of more than a decade of award- “Even before we began this series of Lunar
winning stamps, this retrospective brings together in New Year stamps, we envisioned bringing them all
a single issue all the stamps from our most recent together for a grand finale,” explains Jim Phillips,
Lunar New Year series. The exquisite stamps, issued Director of Stamp Services. “That required a plan
from 2009 to 2020, were part of one of Canada from the very beginning. We developed standardized
Post’s most popular and longest-running series, specifications that made the stamps consistent
which featured such elaborate techniques as gold across issues in terms of dimension, format and
and silver foiling and multi-level embossing. palette, but still allowed sufficient creative freedom
The Lunar New Year cycle showcased all of the for each to be spectacular in its own right.”
animals in the Chinese zodiac: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Brought together by Paprika from Montréal,
Dragon, Snake, Horse, Ram, Monkey, Rooster, Dog these eye-catching stamps feature the work of the
and Pig. Conceived well before the series was many design firms and designers who contributed to
launched, this collection features 24 stamps based the series over the years. The result is a unique
on the designs of all the previous domestic and collectible that is a fitting tribute to Lunar New Year
international rate stamps in the last 12 years. celebrations everywhere.
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Uncut press sheet
404158149
$32.52
For more Lunar New Year products from 2021 $150 18kt Gold Coin – Year of the Ox
previous years, visit canadapost.ca/shop. 1,500 coins worldwide
245655
$988.88
SPECIFICATIONS
Product Denomination Size Quantity Printing process
Booklet of 12 stamps 12 x Permanent™ (domestic rate) 32 mm x 32 mm 250,000 Lithography in 8 colours
Pane of 12 stamps ‡ 12 x Permanent™ (domestic rate) 32 mm x 32 mm 50,000 Lithography in 7 colours,
embossing, 1 foil stamping
Uncut press sheet of 12 x $2.71 (international rate) 360 mm x 610 mm 8,000 Lithography in 8 colours,
12 souvenir sheets ‡ embossing, 1 foil stamping
Design: Paprika Design Stamps: Albert Ng & Associates (Rat, Monkey, Pig); Hélène L’Heureux (Ram); HM&E Design (Rabbit);
Louis Fishauf (Dragon); MIX Design Group (Snake); Paprika (Horse, Rooster); Subplot Design Inc. (Dog); Taylor|Sprules
Corporation (Ox); Wilco Design (Tiger). Printing: Lowe-Martin ‡Gum type: PVA
Disclaimer: Stamp designs and printing processes are based on, but not identical to, the original designs.
Included in Stamps of Canada January-March 2021 collector pack: die-cut stamps from booklet, pane of 12 only.
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BLACK HISTORY:
WILLOW GROVE, NB, AND AMBER VALLEY, AB
Issue date: January 22, 2021
Booklet of
10 stamps
414159111
$9.20
Front cover Back cover
Settlers faced immense challenges forging a new life In 1817, a group of Black refugees from the War
in the rugged Canadian wilderness. But few were as of 1812 – most of them formerly enslaved – founded
harsh as those endured by many early Black settlers the tiny settlement of Willow Grove, New Brunswick.
who fled the United States in the early 19th and early They received licences to live on land that turned out
20 th centuries to escape the cruelty of enslavement to be of poor farming quality, and when they tried to
and racial discrimination. support themselves temporarily in nearby Saint John,
These stamps – the 13th issue in our Black History they were met with racist restrictions.
Month series – tell the stories of two Black communities Nearly a century later, Amber Valley, Alberta,
nearly one hundred years and thousands of kilometres was established by 30 Black families who had
apart. Both rose from hardship to survive and grow j ourneyed from the American South to flee the
for a time and served as stepping stones for the e scalating violence and segregation laws. They
success of future generations of Black Canadians. faced many of the same challenges as Willow Grove:
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bone-chilling winters, inhospitable land and the Although their populations eventually declined
racial discrimination they had hoped to leave behind. as subsequent generations pursued education and
Through perseverance and hard work, both employment elsewhere, there is no doubt that these
communities overcame many obstacles. They actively Black settlers and their descendants have enriched
challenged racial discrimination and built schools, Canada’s economic and social fabric.
churches and other community organizations. Designed by Lara Minja of Lime Design Inc.
Amber Valley became a vibrant community whose and illustrated by Rick Jacobson, this issue features
baseball team was famous throughout the province, depictions based on archival photos of community
while the opening of Willow Grove Baptist Church members, maps of the two locations and images
in 1878 anchored the growing communit y of of the seafaring ship and covered wagons that
Willow Grove. carried the settlers to their new homes.
First day of issue
special envelope
414159131
$1.92
First day of issue
special envelope
414160131
$1.92
For more Black History products from previous years, visit canadapost.ca/shop.
SPECIFICATIONS
Product Denomination Size Quantity Printing process
Booklet of 10 stamps 2 x Permanent™ (domestic rate) 40 mm x 32 mm 130,000 Lithography in 4 colours
Official First Day Cover – Permanent™ (domestic rate) 190 mm x 112 mm 7,500 Cancellation site:
Amber Valley Athabasca AB
Official First Day Cover – Permanent™ (domestic rate) 190 mm x 112 mm 7,500 Cancellation site:
Willow Grove Saint John NB
Design: Lime Design Illustration: Rick Jacobson Printing: Lowe-Martin
Included in Stamps of Canada January-March 2021 collector pack: die-cut stamps from booklet.
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LUNAR NEW YEAR CYCLE
Limited edition framed uncut press sheet
Here is your chance to treasure all 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac in this
beautifully framed keepsake.
Only 350 available
Still available
Year of the Rat – Limited edition
framed uncut press sheet, signed
and numbered
19.5 in. x 31.5 in. /
500 mm x 800 mm
342230
$150
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